Kicking man toy



May 2, 1950 M. YAGGY KICKING MAN TOY Filed Oct. 51, 1947 I INVENTOR.

BY W

HY'Y'OF/Vi'y Patented May 2, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a kicking man toy.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a toy including aman figure with a leg adapted to be swung upwardly in response to thefiow of ball weight elements and a boy figure having a jaw portion orother operable part adapted to be engaged by the leg as it is swungupwardly and wherein there is a return passage for the bail weights incommunication with the operating passage for the weights wherein theweights can be relocated in the operating passage by inverting the toy.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a kicking man toywhich is operable in response to the downward movement of ball weights,which is of simple construction, automatic in operation, inexpensive tomanufacture and enjoyable to watch.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a sideelevational view of the kicking man toy embodying the features of thepresent invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary and sectional view, in elevation, of the toy andshowing in detail the operating parts of the toy.

Referring now to the figures, I represents a base on which is mounted aman figure l I having a swinging leg i2 and a boy figure l3 having aswinging jaw l4. Within the man II are two passageways l5 and I6 throughwhich travel ball weights ll serving to operate and cause the leg I 2 tobe thrust outwardly as a ball I! is released from a lever I 8 inpassageway l5 and dropped upon a top surface IS on the upper end of theleg !2 and removed from its pivotal connection 2| with the main part ofthe figure l I.

The ball release lever I8 is pivoted on the main part of the figure Hand is operated by its connection as indicated at 22 with the leg 12, asthe leg !2 is dropped to position the lever l 8 so that it will retain aplurality of the operating balls il in the passageway [5. The lever l8has a shelf portion 23 which will receive a ball I! and retain it onlyfor a sufiicient time to cause the lever to apply its shelf projection24 below the several balls lying in the passageway l5 above the lever18. The balls will be dropped one at a time and each time the leg !2will be extended. As the leg is forced forwardly under the weight of thereleased ball, the ball will be dropped from the surface l9 into thelower part of the passageway I 6,

By inverting the toy the balls H can be returned to the passageway l5. Afinger is kept over the upper end of the passageway l5 while invertingthe toy to again position the balls in the passageway !5. If it isdesired to remove the balls from the toy, the finger will be removedfrom the upper end of the passageway 15 so that they will leave the toythrough the opening 25 in the head. Through the same opening 25 new ballelements 1 'I can be extended into the toy.

In the boy figure it, there is extended for vertical movement anoperating rod 26 for moving the jaw M. This rod 26 extends down to theseat of the boy figure l3. As the lower end of the rod 26 is engaged bythe leg 82 the jaw l4 will be pivoted upon its pivot connection 21 withthe head of the boy so that it will be lowered. The two figures areconnected together through an arm 28 extending from the man to the topof the boy and to his collar.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction it shall beunderstood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of thepresent invention as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, whatis claimed is:

A man kicking toy comprising a base, a man figure extending upwardlyfrom the base, a first horizontal pivot disposed in said man figure, oneleg of said man figure swingable forwardly upon said pivot, a boy figureextending upwardly from the base and connected at its upper portion tothe man figure, a body part on the boy figure adapted to be operated bysaid one leg of the man figure as it is swung forwardly, a substantiallyvertically disposed channel forming a recess at its lower end in saidman figure, and means associated with the man figure for causing the legto be lifted for engagement with the parts of the boy figure to beoperated, said means for lifting the leg comprising a plurality of ballsdisposed in said channel, each ball by its own weight causing the oneleg to swing forwardly, means for releasing said balls individuallycomprising a second pivot disposed horizontally in said man figure, anda double armed lever turnable forwardly and rearwardly on said secondpivot and disposed in said recess, the lower arm of said lever linked tosaid one leg and turning backwards in said recess upon swingingforwardly said one leg and the upper arm of said lever retaining theballs in said channel in its rearward position and releasing thelowermost of said balls in its forward position upon swinging forwardlysaid. one leg, and the swing- UNITED STATES PATENTS ing rearwardly ofsaid one leg by its own weight Number Name Date repeating the turning ofsaid double armed lever- 1 322 99 Murphy Nov. 1 1919 LUTHER YAGGY-2,419,990 Dishmaker May 6, 1947 REFERENCES CITED 5 FOREIGN PATENTS Thefollowing references are of record in the Number Country Date file ofthis patent: 581,884 France Dec. 8, 1924

